Tag: Storage Area Networks
6.1 The need for a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) Network
In today's data center environment, we generally have at least two major networks - Ethernet network and Fibre Channel network. Ethernet is used for transferring regular management traffic...
5.5 Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) SAN Introduction
FC SAN provides a high-performance infrastructure for localized data movement. But the organizations are now looking for ways to transport data over a long...
5.4 Network Considerations for iSCSI SAN Deployment
The type of IP network used is crucial for an iSCSI SAN, as it is absolutely fundamental to performance, security, and availability. A misconfigured network...
5.3 iSCSI Architecture and Addressing
SCSI is the command protocol that works at the application layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model. The initiators and the targets use...
5.2 iSCSI Interfaces and Connectivity types
iSCSI SANs are composed of initiators and targets connected by an IP network where server acts as the initiator or ISCSI host and the...
5.1 Introduction to IP SAN and their components
As discussed in previous chapter Fibre Channel (FC) SAN provides high performance and scalability. These advantages of FC SAN come with the burden of...